Our DNA.
Our Objective
Is to help you achieve yours.
At ACS, our passion for helping other businesses succeed drives who we are, and what we do. We strive to help businesses perform at their best with a combination of tailored IT solutions and workplace innovation through the latest office furniture and interior design.
At the core of our business, you will find a family of people that share the same goals and combine one another’s expertise to design the best solutions for you.
Our Workforce
Meet the team
John Harley
Chairman
Jon Thorpe
Managing Director
Kevin McAllister
Finance Director
Michael Harley
Sales Director
Stephen Harley
Presales Director
Mark Andrews
Chief Information Officer
David Szreider
Communications Sales Manager
Grant Stewart
Distribution Manager
Kirsty McDonald
HR Manager
Taryn Perrin
Service Improvement Manager
Paige Edwards
Service Administration Manager / PA to CIO
Gareth Watkins
Technical Services Manager
Christie Walsh
Service Delivery Manager
Lee Horsman
Design and Marketing Director
Simon Portwain
External IT Sales Consultant
ATTITUDE.
When great work is delivered with a positive attitude, we can change the game. It enables us to build meaningful relationships that bring success to our team and our clients.
COMMITMENT.
A commitment to service and shared knowledge builds relationships that can achieve more. We take responsibility to live our brand in everything we do and deliver on our promises.
INTEGRITY.
We live by sound moral and ethical principles that underpin our ability to deliver exceptional modern workplaces for our clients. We are transparent in all of our dealings, building trust and rewarding loyalty.
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We are focused and ready to respond in winning ways
We want all our clients to feel calm and assured of their choices. Our team understand that engaging ACS for workplace projects is big deal for you. Your needs are our focus and your budget can be honoured. We will take the time to discover your bespoke needs then take you on a step by step journey of delivery. Our support team are always on hand to help.
Testimonials.
What our customers say about us.
Our Story
March
ACS was born
John Harley and Jon Thorpe started ACS Systems UK Ltd from a terraced house on Birchfield road east, Northampton. O’Riordan Bond and Kettering General Hospital became our first customers and still are 21 years later.
1995
1997
April
£1 Million turnover
Within the first two years we doubled our turnover to £1 million. In other news the Friday fish and chip club began, sadly the tradition retired 3 years later due to £100+ chip shop bills.
January
ACS to the rescue
Floods in Northampton left local businesses struggling. We built temporary offices to help those of our customers that suffered.
1998
1999
February
ACS on the road
We got our first ACS van! It was a shame that our Workplace Director, Gordon decided to fill it with the wrong fuel on the first day!
February
Relocation, Relocation
We moved our team out of the terraced house and into our current head office, which is affectionately known as ACS House. 3 students that helped with the move later returned to work for us.
2000
2001
April
Lets have a re-brand
We re-branded as ACS office solutions. With recently new offices and a growing team, the business was doing very well.
August
BBQ Season
We started the family BBQ tradition, which still takes place every year in the garden of ACS house.
2002
2004
April
Another Milestone
Another milestone was reached as we hit £10 million turnover. We received our ISO90001 status in the same year.
March
10 years old!
We celebrated 10 years of business in style with an open day at ACS house and a black tie gala dinner for employees, partners and customers.
2005
2006
July
Recognition
We were recognised as one of the fastest growing IT companies in Europe, Middle East and Asia.
April
Jon Thorpe…a.k.a Rambo!
Joint Managing Director Jon Thorpe climbs Kilimanjaro and runs the London Marathon, raising a substantial amount for Cynthia Spencer and Bury hospices.
2009
2010
November
Outstanding Performance
We were proud to be recognised as outstanding in the Sunday Times Top 100 best companies to work for. A lovely way to celebrate our 15th birthday!
April
New Ventures
We had the pleasure of setting up ACS Recruitment with Hellie Baxter. The company is experiencing fantastic growth and continues to help the local unemployment figures.
2011
2013
February
Acquisition
We acquired local training company Starting Off, recent winners of the Long Standing Business award at the Northamptonshire business excellence awards.
October
Welcome to the council
Joint Managing Director John Harley was selected by the British Chamber of Commerce to sit on their newly formed international Trade Council. Go John!
2014
2015
November
Celebrating 20 years of business!
On Saturday 7th November, Hanger One at Sywell Aerodrome became home for the evening to over 100 ACS group employees, partners, and some of the companies longest serving business partners. All in order to celebrate 20 years of successful business!
ACS become IASME Licensed Certification body
2017
2018
ACS are ISO 27001 accredited
January
State of the Art user experience
ACS have proudly supported the first high density stadium WI-FI solution for a leading premiership Rugby Club. Now successfully up and running, the results will increase spend per fan as well as deliver a great state of the art user experience.
2018
2019
John Harley retires and new Board is introduced
Celebrating 25 years of business
2020
2020
ACS are accepted as one of 22 partners CCS framework
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